Course overview
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This AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting has been designed for those with little to no experience or knowledge of accounting, who wish to achieve a career in the field. The course will help you get to grips with bookkeeping basics such as transactions and controls, as well as how organisations record costs and how to use accounts software that will record and process transactions. AAT is the world’s leading professional membership body for accounting technicians, working with members around the world. Their accounting courses are highly sought-after and as an AAT qualification, this accredited accounting qualification will help you to progress in your career. You will need to complete your AAT exams to complete and achieve your qualification. You can choose to add your AAT exams to your enrolment. If you do not add your exams to your enrolment, you will be responsible for booking and paying for your exams.
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
This course takes approximately 240 study hours to complete. Students have up to 1 year to complete the course from the date of enrolment.
Entry requirements
- You must be at least 16 years old
Course features
- Comprehensive study guide
- Dedicated personal tutor support by email
- Dedicated student support
- Assignment marking and feedback
- Exclusive Open Study College study pack
- Free Sage 50 Accounts software (downloadable via a link we’ll send by email)
- Free CV critique service
- Free employability guide to help you impress future employers
- Free XO Student Discounts card
Assessment
This course is assessed by four unit exams and one synoptic assessment. Your unit exams and synoptic assessment are computer-based assessments that take place at an external exam centre. The four-unit assessments are available on-demand throughout the year, while the synoptic are available at set dates throughout the year.
You have 9 tutor-marked assessments that will help you track your progress and you can complete these in as much or as little time as you need.
If you add on the exams, the exams and synoptic assessment for this course will need to be taken at a centre in Irthlingborough, near Northampton. We will book these for you when you feel you are ready. Please note – when you add the exams on, it is important to note that we are only able to book assessments at the specified centre in Irthlingborough, and you must therefore be prepared to travel to the centre to complete your assessment.
If you don’t add on the exams, you will need to book at pay for these yourself.
Will the sage software work on any computer?
The Sage 50 Accounts software will only work on computers which run Windows 7 or higher, therefore Sage will not run on Windows XP. Sage software will not run on any Apple Macintosh computer. Please email us for full specification and compatibility details. The free software is provided as a download so you will need to ensure that you have an internet connection.
Subjects
GLH = Guided Learning Hours
- Understand financial transactions within a bookkeeping system
- Processing customer transactions
- Processing supplier transactions
- Processing receipts and payments
- Processing transactions through the ledgers to the trial balance
- Understanding payment methods
- Understanding controls in a bookkeeping system
- Using control accounts
- Using the journal
- Reconciling a bank statement with the cash book
- Understand an organisation’s cost recording system
- Using a cost recording system to record or extract data
- Understanding an organisation’s finance function
- Using numeracy, literacy and communication skills
- Working independently or in a team to prioritise tasks and manage colleagues’ responsibilities
- Understanding ethical values, principles and importance of confidentiality
- Understanding and explaining benefits to organisations of sustainable values
- Recording and processing customer and supplier transactions
- Recording and reconciling bank and cash transactions
- Processing and using journals to enter accounting transactions
- Production of reports for customer and suppliers
- Production of a trial balance and general ledger reports
About Open Study College
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Established in 2007, Open Study College (OSC) is a distance learning course provider that has helped over 120,000 learners take the next step towards achieving their ambitions.
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Whether you’re in full-time work or have family commitments, distance learning at OSC provides the flexibility to create a study schedule that fits around the busy demands of day-to-day life. Accomplish your goals — at your pace, on your terms.
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Born from a genuine passion to improve the lives of others through education, OSC is a family-run business with decades of experience in the education and distance learning industry.
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